The Turing Foundation

The Turing Foundation aims to let people in The Netherlands enjoy art. The Turing Foundation therefor supports expositions of paintings , live performances of classical music , and publications or recitals of Dutch poetry in The Netherlands.

More information on submitting an application on one of these working areas can be found in our application procedures . Below, you will find an impression of the most important initiatives that we have previously supported. Also see:

The Turing Art Grant

The Turing National Poetry Competition

The Turing Museumbusses

The Art Agenda

Most recent projects:

January 2012	Main supporter Rafael Exposition, Teylers Museum, Haarlem, 2012-2013 Never before did the Netherlands see an exhibition on Rafael (Urbino 1483-1530 Rome), one of Europe's most... more	January 2012	Closing performance Holland Festival, 2012 In June 2012, the Holland Festival will be bringing music of international standing to the Netherlands once again. The Turing... more
January 2012	*Exhibition The Road to Van Eyck, Museum Boymans van Beuningen, 2012-2013* Johannes van Eyck (1390-1440) has decisively reinvented painting in Northern Europe. He's been named... more	January 2012	Main Supporter of the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra Community Concerts, 2012-2014 'If the people don't visit the orchestra, the orchestra will visit the people.' That's the... more
January 2012	St Matthew Passion: an adaptation for children, Frank Groothof, 2012-2014 The Turing Foundation has been a proud partner of Stichting de Vrije Val for already five years. For his... more	January 2012	The Amsterdam Cello Biannual 2012 The Amsterdamse Cello Biannual is a biannual international cello festival. The fourth edition of the festival will be held from October 26 -... more
January 2012	*Main supporter Alexander Calder - De grote ontdekking, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, 2012* Our apologies, the Dutch text for this project has not yet been translated into English ... more	January 2012	*Poetry in literary magazine De Gids* 2012** In 2012, literary magazine De Gids will be celebrating its 175th anniversary. For the past three years, De Gids has been able to... more
Uitreiking 24 januari	The Third Turing National Poetry Contest 2011-2012 Turing's National Poetry Contest is the only poetry competition that's open to everyone and is not about the poet, but about the... more	t/m 6 januari	Supporter of 'Meer Licht' (More Light), Museum de Fundatie, Zwolle, 2011-2012 Museum De Fundatie is the only museum in the Netherlands that has a William Turner painting in its... more
Opening 28 januari	Main patron Paul Klee exhibition, CoBrA Museum Amstelveen, 2012 The Cobra Museum organises an exhibition on the much-loved artist Paul Klee (1879-1940) and his relation to the CoBrA... more		Project Overview on World Map

Expositions

Main supporter Rafael Exposition, Teylers Museum, Haarlem, 2012-2013
Never before did the Netherlands see an exhibition on Rafael (Urbino 1483-1530 Rome), one of Europe's most influential artists. The Teylers Museum is the only Dutch museum owning a substantial collection of Rafael drawings. This collection, along with the collection of drawings of the Albertina Museum in Vienna, will be on display. It's the first time the drawings are reunited since they left Rafael's renowned studio. The exhibition is scheduled to open in September 2012.

The Turing Foundation will be donating €65,000, which makes it the first financer as well as the main supporter of the project.

Testa di Giovane, Raffaello Sanzio (1483-1520)

Exhibition The Road to Van Eyck, Museum Boymans van Beuningen, 2012-2013
Johannes van Eyck (1390-1440) has decisively reinvented painting in Northern Europe. He's been named the father of oil painting. In the exhibition The Road to Van Eyck. In this exhibition in collaboration with the Gemäldegalerie van het Staatliche Museum in Berlin, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen shows, based on scientific research, that development towards the works of Van Eyck can be interpreted through panel paintings, miniatures, precious metal works, sculptures and tapestries from the era. The exhibition concludes with a few of the rare works of Van Eyck (1390-1441). The project was nominated for the Turing Art Grant 2011.

The Turing Foundation is the first benefactor to donate €100,000 to the project, which can be visited in Rotterdam from October 2012 - January 2013.

"The three Marias at the grave", 1425-1435, Jan and Hubert Van Eyck , collection Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen

Main supporter Alexander Calder - De grote ontdekking, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, 2012

The following text will be translated into English as soon as possible:
De Turing Foundation lanceerde in december 2008 de Turing Toekenning, een donatie van € 450.000 die elke twee jaar zal worden uitgereikt aan het allerbeste tentoonstellingsplan van een Nederlands museum. De Turing Foundation kan daarmee in een vroeg stadium een beslissende bijdrage leveren aan exposities die er zonder deze bijdrage waarschijnlijk niet zouden komen, met kunstwerken die anders alleen in buitenlandse musea te zien zouden zijn.

Op 24 mei 2011 is de tweede Turing Toekenning uitgereikt aan de expositie Alexander Calder: Bewegingen in de ruimte van het Gemeentemuseum Den Haag. De expositie opent 11 februari 2012.

Alexander Calder - De grote ontdekking, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, 2012

Main supporter, Rodin Erotique, Singer Museum Laren, 2012-2013
With this exhibition, the Singer Museum will be organizing the first-ever expo of the erotic works of Auguste Rodin in the Netherlands. All drawings will come from the collection of Musée Rodin in Paris. Rodin's first paintings directly preceded and inspired artists the likes of Klimt, Schiele, Matisse and Picasso, whose works will also be on display in this exhibition.

The exhibition will come to Laren in 2012. The Turing Foundation will donate €100,000 in 2011.

Rodin Erotique, Singer Museum Laren, 2012

Supporter of 'Meer Licht' (More Light), Museum de Fundatie, Zwolle, 2011-2012
Museum De Fundatie is the only museum in the Netherlands that has a William Turner painting in its collection. The canvas will serve as the starting point for a contemporary art exhibition about the sublime in art. The exhibition will include works by James Turrell, Wolfgang Tilmans, David Claerbout, and Olaf Eliasson.

The Turing Foundation contributes €25,000 to this exhibition, which will be on display in Zwolle from October 2 to January 6, 2012.

William Turner's 'Clouds and Water', collection Museum de Fundatie, Zwolle

'Van Oostsanen, de Ware Jacob', Stedelijk Museum Alkmaar, 2014
In 2014 it will have been 500 years since Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen enjoyed the high point of his career. This exhibition is designed as a triptych and will be on display at three locations: the Amsterdam Museum, the Great St. Laurens Church in Alkmaar and the Stedelijk Museum Alkmaar. Combined, the three locations will provide a complete overview of the works of Van Oostsanen that's never been seen before. The project was nominated for the Turing Art Grant 2011.

The Turing Foundation will be donating €75,000 to the project.

'Van Oostsanen, de Ware Jacob', Stedelijk Museum Alkmaar, 2014

'Het Geheim van de Slang' (The Secret of the Snake), Afrika Museum, 2012
The Afrika Museum will be organising an intercultural exhibition on the appearance of a universal animal symbol, from the very first prehistoric art of humankind in Africa to contemporary art in Africa, America and Europe today: the snake. Including contemporary artistic masters such as Kiefer and Oppenheimer. The project was nominated for the Turing Art Grant 2011.

The Turing Foundation contributes €30,000 towards this exposition.

Supporter of 'Het Geheim van de Slang', Afrika Museum, 2012.

Main patron Paul Klee exhibition, CoBrA Museum Amstelveen, 2012
The Cobra Museum organises an exhibition on the much-loved artist Paul Klee (1879-1940) and his relation to the CoBrA art movement's artworks. The exhibition will be set up with the help of the Zentrum Paul Klee in Bern and the Danish Louisiana Museum of Modern Art. The collective exhibition will consist of a minimum of 90 of Klee's works and around 60 of the Louisiana Museum and the Cobra Museum's masterpieces by artists such as Constant, Jacobsen, Pedersen, Jorn and Appel.

With a €75,000 donation, the Turing Foundation is this exhibition's main patron.

Paul Klee, 'Bust of a Child' (1933)

Free transport to Boijmans van Beuningen and Chabot museums, 2011-2014
For schools, free, comfortable and safe transport is a major factor in their decision to take their students to visit museums. Since October 1, 2008, the Turing Foundation has therefore been financing a Turing Museum Bus that takes children from the Rotterdam area to and from the Museum Boijmans van Beuningen and the Chabot Museum for free. The plan is to provide museum transport for 10,000 children every year.

In a previous phase, the Turing Foundation already invested €120,000 in the project, and now donates another €120,000 to keep the bus driving until 2014.

The 'Turing car'

Main supporter 'Pop Art in Western Europe', Valkhof Museum, Nijmegen, 2012-2013
Pop Art is the core of the collection of the Valkhof Museum, which makes the museum the ideal place to demonstrate an overview of Pop Art in Europe, including works from Niki de Saint Phalle, Christo, Panamarenko, Woody van Amen, Gehrard Richter, Wim T. Schippers en Sigmar Polke. Many works originate from the major European museums will be shown in the Netherlands for the first time. By being the first fund to support this exhibition, the Turing Foundation hopes to be the accelerator in realizing this project.

The Turing Foundation supports Pop Art in Western Europe with €50,000

'Goldfinger', Woody van Amen, 1965

Main supporter Diane Arbus - A Retrospective, FOAM Amsterdam, 2012-2013
Diane Arbus (1923-1971) is one of the most fascinating and important photographers of the second half of the 20th century. Never before have The Netherlands exhibited an extensive retrospective of her work and it is unlikely to happen again anytime soon. It is especially the choice and quality of the works on display (mainly vintage prints, printed by the artist herself) that give the exhibition its extraordinary quality. This FOAM project has been nominated with the Turing Art Grant 2009.

With a €100,000 patronage, the Turing Foundation is the main patron of the exhibition, enabling FOAM to enter into a contract to realise this ambitious project. Diane Arbus - A retrospective will be on display from 25 October 2012 - 13 January 2013 in FOAM.

Diane Arbus: Two ladies at the automat, N.Y.C. 1966

Turing Museum Bus - Van Gogh Museum, Rijksmuseum, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 2011-2014
For school and schoolteachers, free, comfortable and safe transport is the key factor in their decision to take their pupils to visit museums. For the Turing Foundation, this was reason for the financing of the first Turing Museum Bus in Rotterdam in 2008.

Starting in 2012, the three largest museums at the Amsterdam Museum Square (Rijksmuseum, Stedelijk Museum and Van Gogh Museum) want to offer school children from the Amsterdam suburbs a joint programme of the highlights of their collections as well. After all, teachers of these schools, too, consider transport to be the one thing that prevents them from taking their pupils to see a museum. By means of the Turing Museum Square Bus, the three museums want to welcome 25,000 children from grades 6-8 in three years' time (approximately 20% of all school children within a 60-km radius from Amsterdam). For many, it will be their first-ever museum visit.

In total, the Turing Foundation will donate €275,000 for the startup and transportation costs, a contribution for PR, and a gradually decreasing contribution for the project's coordination. Start up costs for 2011 are €35,000 and cover the development of the Museum Square Bus' identity, a common museum website for booking tours, PR and project coordination.

Children visiting the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam

Main supporter Bram and Geer van Velde, Museum Belvédère, Friesland, 2010-2011
The Belvédère Museum is preparing an exhibition on the work of artists and brothers Bram and Geer van Velde. The focus of the exhibition will be on the development phase of both artists. It shows how the two brothers have inspired and influenced each other, at the same time drawing on the achievements of modern art surrounding them, and eventually developing their very own modes and styles. The exhibition will feature paintings and works on paper, including loans from private collections in the Netherlands and abroad and from Dutch and international museums.

The Turing Foundation donated € 11,800 towards this exhibition, which is the remainder of an earlier donation to the Belvédère Museum.

Geer van Velde in the Belvédère Museum, Friesland

The Second Turing Art Grant, 2011
One of Turing Foundation's goals is to have more people enjoy the fine arts in Dutch museums. To that end, the Turing Foundation introduced the Turing Grant in December 2008, which is a €450,000 donation that will be granted once every two years to one single exhibition. In doing so, the Turing Foundation can make a decisive contribution to exhibitions that may not be realized without it, and put on display works of art that would otherwise only be shown abroad. All Dutch museums can compete for the Turing Art Grant. For more information on the grant, please visit the Turing Art Grant website.

On 25 May 2009, the first Turing Art Grant was presented to the exhibition Mike Kelly, a retrospective. In May 2011 the second Turing Art Grant will be distributed.

Benno Tempel of the The Hague Gemeente Museum receives the €450.000 Turing Art Grant 2011

Main supporter Louise Bourgeois / Hans Bellmer - Double Sexus, Den Haag Municipal Museum, 2010-2011
Louise Bourgeois (1911) is regarded as one of the most important artists still alive today. She was recently honoured with large-scale exhibitions in Tate Modern and the Centre Pompidou. The Den Haag Municipal Museum, in association with the Berlin National Museum, wants to confront her work with that of German artist Hans Bellmer (1902-1975). It was only in 2006 that the Centre Pompidou did an extensive retrospective of Bellmer. Both artists find their origin in the surrealist tradition, their work displaying a search for identity, the relationship between men and women and a fascination for the human body. This exhibition is the first to show works of these two international artists in the Netherlands.

With a €50,000 donation, the Turing Foundation will be the exhibition's main patron. Double Sexus will be on display from 11 September 2010 until 16 January 2011 in the Den Haag Municipal Museum.

Louise Bourgeois: Fragile Goddess, 2002

Main supporter The Large Eyes of Kees van Dongen, Boijmans van Beuningen Museum, 2010-2011
Starting in September 2010, the Boijmans van Beuningen Museum will present an overview of the works of painter Kees van Dongen (1877-1968). This exhibition will focus on the development of Van Dongen's career as a painter and the influence his Paris canvases had on his entire work. Several unique loans will be brought to the Netherlands especially for this project. Apart from paintings, approximately 25 drawings will be on display too.

By donating € 75,000, the Turing Foundation will be the main contributor to this exhibition.

Kees van Dongen, Vinger aan de wang, 1910, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen

Illusion and Reality - Van Gogh Museum, 2010-2011
On 8 October 2010 an exhibition of Naturalist painting will be opened at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, presenting huge paintings from collections all over the world. Never before has Naturalism been showcased on such a scale in the Netherlands. The way it is combined with photography and film from that period is most appropriate. The exhibition heralds a reassessment and rediscovery of these paintings, which were considered masterpieces in their time. It will be a unique and attractive exhibition that appeals to a large audience, giving a fine portrait of the era. In May 2009 this project was nominated for the Turing Award 2009.

The Turing Foundation donates € 100,000 towards Illusion and Reality; from 8 October 2010 to 16 January 2011 at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.

Illusie en Werkelijkheid - Van Gogh Museum

The Turing Art Grant 2009 - Mike Kelley, a retrospective, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 2011-2012
The exhibition concept Mike Kelley, A Retrospective 1973 - 2010, submitted by the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, has won the Turing Art Grant 2009-2010. The Turing Art Grant is a €450,000 donation to be awarded biennially to a Dutch museum for an exceptional exhibition concept. Sixteen museums submitted concepts. The Mike Kelley retrospective was deemed best in quality, originality, and concept.

Mike Kelley is regarded as one of the most important artists to enter the art scene since the seventies. His work is technically varied, complex in both form and content, and has strong psychical and emotional undertones. A complete solo exhibition of this Californian artist has never before been organised in the Netherlands. It promises to become a both fascinating and inspirational event, due to the work itself as well as to the way it will be presented - hopefully a sign of the new policy of the Amsterdam Stedelijk Museum. The exhibition can be expected to make a large new audience to become interested in modern art.

More information about the Turing Art Grant can be found on the Turing Art Grant Website.

The Turing Art Grant 2009 for the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam

Exhibition "Made in Holland", Mauritshuis, The Hague, 2010-2011
In the Autumn of 2010 the Mauritshuis organises an exhibition of 44 Dutch masterworks from the Golden Age that are part of an American private collection. The paintings will include works by Rembrandt, Frans Hals, Jan Lievens, Adriaen Backer, and Aelbert Cuyp. The works are all in striking good condition and represent a large variety of genres, such as portraits, animals, so-called 'Italianists' (painters inspired by the Italian landscape) and marine art. For the first time ever a large selection of these painting will be on show in Europe.

The Turing Foundation contributes € 70,000 to the exhibition. Made in Holland is scheduled from 4 November 2010 to 30 January 2011.

Portrait of Aeltje Uylenburgh, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1632

more painting and exposition projects...

Main supporter Dance from Matisse, Hermitage, Amsterdam, 2010

Vincent van Gogh: the artist and his letters, 2009-2010

Main supporter Theo van Doesburg and the Avant-Garde, de Lakenhal, Leiden, 2009-2010

Main supporter Anton Mauve exhibitions, Singer Museum, Laren and Teylers Museum, Haarlem, 2009-2010

Main Supporter Paris Central, CoBrA Museum, Amstelveen, 2009-2010

Main supporter 'Jan Lievens - A Dutch Master Rediscovered', Rembrandthuis Amsterdam, 2009

Main Supporter Elizabeth Peyton exhibition, Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht, 2009-2010

Classical music

Closing performance Holland Festival, 2012
In June 2012, the Holland Festival will be bringing music of international standing to the Netherlands once again.

The Turing Foundation will be contributing €50,000 to the closing performance of next year's Holland Festival. The Turing Foundation has also financed the festival in 2011 (Iannis Xenakis), 2010 (A Tribute to Umm Kulthum), 2009 (Pitié), 2008 (La Pasion segun San Marcos) and 2007 (Era La Notte).

Holland Festival 2012

Main Supporter of the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra Community Concerts, 2012-2014
'If the people don't visit the orchestra, the orchestra will visit the people.' That's the idea behind this extensive events program of the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra. In an attempt to make classical music available to all, NedPhO GO! plays at least 30 concerts a year in random spots for people that wouldn't normally visit classical concerts, for whatever reason. Their performances are part of Concerten in de Wijk. Can be found at the Westerpark, elderly homes, community events, hospitals and festivals throughout Amsterdam.

The Turing Foundation will be the main supporter of this initiative for another three years, from 2012-2014, donating a total of €35,000 (€17,500 of which in 2012).

NedPhO GO! Community Concerts

St Matthew Passion: an adaptation for children, Frank Groothof, 2012-2014
The Turing Foundation has been a proud partner of Stichting de Vrije Val for already five years. For his lastest production, Frank Groothof wants to develop the first-ever children's version of the St Mathew Passion that's performed every year at Easter. Gradually, he wants to create a tradition of not only telling adult about the passion, but children, too. The first performances are scheduled for early 2014.

The Turing Foundation will be contributing €20,000 to the realization of this musical performance. Previously, the Turing Foundation financed the Vrij val productions Kees de Jongen, De soldaat en de keizer, De jongen, het meisje en de heks van het woeste woud, Vincent van Gogh, een Leven in Schilderijen and Porgy & Bess van Gershwin.

St Matthew Passion (BWV 244), J.S. Bach

The Amsterdam Cello Biannual 2012
The Amsterdamse Cello Biannual is a biannual international cello festival. The fourth edition of the festival will be held from October 26 - November 3, 2012. Apart from recondite performances, the festival also focuses on a wider audience from all over the Netherlands with accessible activities and free cello performances. After the first three editions, the cello festival has managed to become the largest in the world, with over 200,000 people visiting.

Like it did for the previous two editions, the Turing Foundation will contribute €15,000 to one of the more accessible public activities of the 4th Amsterdam Cello Biannual: Bach and Breakfast.

Bach 7 Breakfast, Monday 8 November 2010, Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ, Amsterdam

Rock Opera "Kees de Jongen", by Frank Groothof, 2011-2012
Time and time again, <@1Frank Groothof manages to incite curiosity and excitement for classical music among large groups of children. In 2011 and 2012, groothof is playing Kees de Jongen (Kees the Boy), after the well-known book by Theo Thijssen. The opera premieres November 27 in the Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam. The Turing Foundation also financed his previous productions De soldaat en de keizer (The Soldier and the Emperor), De jongen, het meisje en de heks van het woeste woud (The boy, the girl and the witch of the wild woods), Vincent van Gogh, een Leven in Schilderijen (Vincent van Gogh, a Life in Paintings) and Porgy & Bess by Gershwin.

The Turing Foundation has been structurally supporting his production office for years. Up to and including 2011, the Foundation will finance fifteen extra school performances every year for €15,000. In total, some 13,500 more children will be reached.

Kees de Jongen, Frank Groothof, 2011-2012

Bach Day - An Introduction to Bach at Dutch Primary Schools, 2011-2012
The three-year project 'Bach Day' (Dag van Bach) focuses on primary schools across the country and introduces children to classical music, musicians and their musical instruments. In the coming three years, the Netherlands Bach Society intends to reach 13,500 pupils with their project, amongst whom many children who would otherwise not necessarily get into contact with classical music. The children will listen to a concert by professional musicians and will be confronted with Bach's music in a very valuable way.

The Turing Foundation makes available € 45,000 for this project until June 2012.

Bach Day - An Introduction to Bach at Dutch Primary Schools

Main patron Dutch Youth String Orchestra NJSO 2011-2013
The NJSO has 24 musicians. All of them are between the ages of 12 and 20 years old and are associated with the young talent classes of the Dutch Schools of music. Thanks to the Turing Foundation, they are able to increase their yearly number of performances from 15 to a minimum of 21. They play in homes for the elderly, community centres and schools. The concerts are always accompanied by renowned musicians like Lisa Ferschtman, Cora Brugman and the Zapp string quartet.

By donating €15,000, the Turing Foundation will be the main patron of NJSO's free concerts until 2013.

Main patron Dutch Youth String Orchestra NJSO 2010-2012

25th Romantic Music Day, 2011
This year will see the 25th edition of 'Romantic Music Day', organized by the Buitengoed Foundation. During this free festival, musicians of renowned orchestras will be performing along with laureates of the Princess Christina Concourse and the Young Musical Talent Foundation. The day, that attracted 28.100 visitors last year, will be concluded with a moonlight concert.

Just like last year, the Turing Foundation donates €5,000 to the festival. The festival is held 14 August 2011.

Romantic Music Day 2010

Main patronage of the Ricciotti Ensemble 2011-2012
The Ricciotti Ensemble consists of 40 idealistic conservatory students, and performs a minimum of 100 times a year. They seek out the people that are unable to attend live classical performances for different reasons. The Ricciotti performs, invited or not, in health care residences, prisons, at schools, in the street and in refugee centres. From 2007-2009 we have been Ricciotti's main patron.

The Turing Foundation will remain main patron of the Ricciotti Ensemble's Dutch performances in 2011 as well as in 2012, donating €30.000 each year.

Ricciotti plays in a hospital

The Princess Christina Concours - Classical Express, 2011-2012
The Princess Christina Concours strives to excite as many children as possible for classical music. To that end, in 2007 the Turing Foundation contributed to the development of the Princess Christina Express, a truck that tours schools in the Netherlands to perform classical concerts for children. Due to the overwhelming success, the Classical Express wants to go from 300 to 500 concerts a year in order to reach 12,000 children each year.

Just like last year, the Turing Foundation will donate €20,000 for the expansion of the number of school concerts. The same amount will be donated in 2012.

A concert in the Classic Express

Main supporter The Iannis Xenakis Weekend, Holland Festival 2011
From June 2-26, 2011, Holland Festival will once again be welcoming international allure to the Netherlands. As before, this edition will feature an extensive and modern classical music programme.

During the festival's first weekend (3-5 June, 2011), Holland Festival presents Greek visionary composer and architect Iannis Xenakis, who will perform at least four high-quality concerts at the Amsterdam Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ.

The Turing Foundation is the Xenakis Weekend's main supporter with a €50,000 contribution.

The Turing Foundation also financed the festival in 2010 2010 (A Tribute to Umm Kulthum), 2009 (Pitié), 2008 (La Pasion segun San Marcos) and 2007 (Era La Notte), and will continue doing so at least until 2012.

Iannis Xenakis in his studio, Paris, 1960

Performances Netherlands Student Orchestra, 2011
The 100-person strong Netherlands Student Orchestra (NSO) performs at the best music venues in the Netherlands. To turn the tide of the dropping number of visitors, NSO wants to experiment with a reduced ticket price. In February, the orchestra wants to lower admission fees to 10 euro's to hopefully attract a new, younger audience.

The Turing Foundation will contribute €7,500 to NSO in 2011.

Netherlands Student Orchestra in the Amsterdam Concertgebouw

St. John Passion, Westerkerk, Amsterdam, 2011
After a period of grant trouble, the Ton Koopman and the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir are about to start afresh by planning two "unforgettable performances" of the St. John Passion by J.S. Bach, on April 9 and 10, 2011, in the Amsterdam Westerkerk.

The Turing Foundation will contribute €5,000 to enable the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir's 'resurrection'.

The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir led by Ton Koopman at the first Bach Festival, Dordrecht

Second International wind instruments festival On Wings! 2011
In June 2009, the first Dutch edition of the International wind instruments festival took place. The second edition will be held in 2011, with performances by the Concert Hall orchestra and the Postal Band, among many others. In order to reach as many people as possible, On Wings! will be collaborating with basically all Groningens's cultural organizations: music schools, concert halls, and theaters.

The Turing Foundation donates €12,500 to the second edition of On Wings!

International Festival of Windplaying On Wings!

Main supporter Youth Concert 'Takkenherrie' 2010-2012
The Blikskaters! music group is part of the Alle Hoeken van de Kamermuziek Foundation, made up of musicians who started in the Ricciotti Ensemble. Blikskaters! created the classical production 'Takkenherrie'. They want to perform their children's show, in which music plays a leading part, at 22 schools in the provinces of Utrecht, South-Holland and North-Brabant.

The Turing Foundation is the main patron of these school concerts and contributes €5,000.

School Performances 'Takkenherrie'

more music projects...

Free classical music at the Vondelpark 2010

Main patronage of the Ricciotti Ensemble 2010

Main Supporter of the Community Concerts of the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, 2010

Main supporter First Bach Festival, Dordrecht, 2010

A Tribute to Umm Kulthum, Holland Festival 2010

Chamber Opera Festival 2009

Haaglanden Chamber Music Festival 2008

Poetry

Poetry in literary magazine De Gids 2012
In 2012, literary magazine De Gids will be celebrating its 175th anniversary. For the past three years, De Gids has been able to substantially invest in the publication of poetry and managed to continue publishing the physical edition of the magazine, thanks to the Turing Foundation. In conclusion of their funding, the Turing Foundation will support poetry in De Gids for the next two years (for the last time) as well as help out during all anniversary activities.

Like last year, Turing Foundation donates €5,000 in 2012 for the publication of poetry in De Gids.

An issue of De Gids

Poetry anthology J. H. Leopold, 2011
Over a four-year period, publisher Van Oorschot will be publishing twelve beautiful, hardcover anthologies. These anthologies include the best poems of excellent poets (whose fame is unfortunately waning), recommended by inspired and well-known anothologists. This way, Van Oorschot wants to reach a new, current audience. November 2011 will see the publication of the newest collection in the series: Wij gaan en komen en de winst is waar? by J.H. Leopold.

With a €60,000 donation, the Turing Foundation is adopting this fine series of anthologies from Van Oorschot, so the sale price can be set at an affordable level. Previous editions include works by Vestdijk, Van Geel, Morriën, Vasalis, Hanlo, Van Schagen and Der Mouw.

Poetry anthology J. H. Leopold

The Third Turing National Poetry Contest 2011-2012
Turing's National Poetry Contest is the only poetry competition that's open to everyone and is not about the poet, but about the poem. The first two editions have been a resounding success.

Poems for the third edition can be entered until November 2011. The ten best poems will receive prize money. Winner of the first prize will be receiving €10,000. The 100 best poems will be published in a special anthology. The results will be announced late January in 2012, on the eve of Nationale Gedichtendag. The judging panel of the Third Turing National Poetry Contest will be chaired by the Dutch Poet Laureate Ramsey Nasr. Other judges will be announced at a later date. Gerrit Komrij will be the contest's ambassador.

The Turing Foundation has set aside €250,000 to safeguard the contest for five years. €45,000 of that sum is meant for the 2011 edition. Organisation of the competition is in the hands of the Turing Foundation and the Poetry Club.

The Third Turing National Poetry Competition

Main supporter National Poetry Day 2011
Every Year, Poetry Day presents poetry to the nation. In light of this day, on January 27, 2011, over three hundred poetry activities will be organized (lectures, performances, school projects, library projects, etc.). Newspapers will be printing poems, and poems will be recited on the radio, tv - even in the House of Representatives. The Poetry Day Collection 2011 (by Remco Campert) will be distributed in large numbers, for a low price.

Just like in 2008, 2009 and 2010, the Turing Foundation is Poetry Day's main supporter in 2011 as well (€30,000 a year).

Poetry Day 2011

more poetry projects...

Poetry anthologies Van Geel & Morriën, 2010

Main supporter National Poetry Day 2010

Main supporter Warenar by P.C. Hooft, 2010

Poetry anthologies Vasalis & Hanlo, 2009

Poetry in literary magazine De Gids 2009

De Week van de Poëzie 2008

38th Poetry International Festival, 2007